The disclosure of the files offered a unique insight into one of the most secretive organizations of the Cold War era. In the spring of 1992, a Russian man knocked on the doors of the UK Embassy ...

These ideological philosophers of communism had cult status in the USSR: their profiles were displayed on many Soviet state institutions, on postage stamps and on posters; while monuments to them ...

Russian exports in the first ten months of 2021 totaled $388.4 billion, an increase of 42.8% over the same period last year, according to the Russian Federal Customs Service (FCS). This growth is ...

John Moore/Dune Entertainment, Media Magik Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, 2013 Beautiful, genuine and successful, they are a force to be reckoned with! These Russian actors ...

We have rebranded as 'Gateway to Russia' and now offer even more articles and resources about Russia. Kuindzhi’s work is often described as "magic" and "alchemy", and he himself was a student of ...

Kira Lisitskaya (Photo: Evgeny Biyatov/Sputnik; Legion Media; Ural-66, Yolya, Ivtorov CC BY-SA 4.0) Hearty soups, tender desserts, fluffy pastry… Russian cuisine includes a huge number of dishes ...

Almost seven days on the train, covering a distance of 9,300 km (5,772 miles) with 145 stops - the longest railway in the world runs literally through the whole of Russia. During the journey ...

We have rebranded as 'Gateway to Russia' and now offer even more articles and resources about Russia. We have traced how the architecture of Russian churches changed from ancient times to present ...

Soviet Union, the Congress of Soviets, Soviet of Federation – the word has been and is still widely used in Russia, but what does it exactly mean? During the Soviet times, the USSR was often ...

During the 70 years of the existence of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the number of constituent parts changed, but most of the time there were 15 of them. Here is the list. In the ...

We have rebranded as 'Gateway to Russia' and now offer even more articles and resources about Russia. Bondarchuk’s six-hour magnum opus became the first Soviet movie to win an Oscar for Best ...

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